YEAR 2002
PROPOSED BALLOT INITIATIVES

Did not file
qualifying signatures for ballot status. Will not appear
on the 2002 General Election ballot.

Short
Ballot Title

Initiative
establishing term limits for elected state executive
office holders and state legislators through ballot
access restrictions.

Long
Ballot Title

An
initiative relating to the number of years elected state
officers and state legislators may serve by creating
ballot access restrictions: providing a new section to
the Idaho Code § 34-907 to limit the number of years a
person may serve in elected state executive and
legislative offices by restricting their eligibility to
appear on the ballot after serving a prescribed number of
years: limiting the number of years for a state executive
officer to eight (8) of the previous fifteen (15) years;
limiting the number of years a state legislator may serve
in either the state house of representatives or state
senate to twelve (12) of the previous fifteen (15) years;
those persons having served for the prescribed time
periods will be ineligible for listing as a candidate for
their respective office on the ballot.

Attorney
General Certificate of Review

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Section
1: That this act shall be known as and may be cited as
the Idaho State Term Limits Act of 2002.

Section
2: That Chapter 9, Title 34, Section 907, Idaho Code, be
amended by the addition of NEW SECTIONS that will read as
follows:

34-907. Term
Limits for elected state legislative and executive
offices.

(1) A person
shall not be eligible to have his or her name placed upon
a special, primary or general election ballot for a state
legislative or executive office which they have
previously held if they have served, will serve or but
for resignation would have served, in the same office by
the end of their current term of office for a length of
time as follows:

(a) As a
state elected executive official, during eight (8) or
more of the previous fifteen (15) years.

(b) As a
state senator or representative, representing any
district within the state, during eight (8) or more of
the previous fifteen (15) years, or as a member of the
state legislature during twelve (12) or more of the
previous fifteen (15) years.

(2) Nothing
in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any
qualified voter of this state from casting a ballot in a
general election for any person by writing the name of
that person on any ballot, or as prohibiting such a
properly marked general election ballot from being
counted or tabulated, nor shall any provision of this
section be construed as preventing or prohibiting any
person from standing or campaigning for any elective
office by means of a "write-in" campaign in a
general election.

Section
3: This act shall be applicable to all state legislative
and executive candidates whose elected terms of office
began on or after December 1, 1994. Service prior to
December 1, 1994, shall not be counted for purposes of
this act. All other provisions of this act shall be in
full force and effect one day after its passage by the
voters of the state.

Section
4: The provisions of this act are hereby declared to be
severable and if any provisions of this act or the
application of such provision of any person or
circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such
declaration shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this act.